Renegades coach Simon Helmot will tweak his team for next Big Bash season

Simon Helmot says the Renegades would be eager to finish their season on a positive note away to Adelaide on Wednesday. Photo: Getty Images

Melbourne Renegades coach Simon Helmot is adamant his squad does not need to be overhauled despite plummeting from minor premier last season to second-last this season.

The coach highlighted fielding as the key reason why Melbourne suffered a two-run home loss to Sydney Sixers on Saturday night, when it was unable to chase a target of 152 that ended its Big Bash League season.

''Their fielding was outstanding. I think they were 100 per cent, we were zero from three. Their fielding on the boundary was exceptional, another example of how they fielded very well. That's how close the game got in the end,'' Helmot said.

''I don't question any of the guys' endeavour, their preparation, our planning. It's just that we weren't able to execute and put enough pressure on the opposition to be in front at the end of the game on too many occasions.''

Helmot was particularly critical of the Renegades' second-round loss away to Perth, when they stumbled chasing just 118.

''Clearly the Renegades haven't been up to it this season. That's why we're not going to feature in the important time,'' he said.

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The coach said the Renegades - whose overseas-recruiting strategy was severely undermined by Pakistani Mohammed Hafeez's withdrawal - would not wait until close to the next BBL season to pursue targets for 2014-15.

''I think the teams that have won the competition have shown you need to have a good, balanced team. It's not just a spin focus or a pace focus. From us [against the Sixers] we probably missed a couple of heavy hitters, so that's an area we'll no doubt have to re-address, that we can put opposition teams under maximum pressure in the first six overs or at the death,'' he said.

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''We'll need to look at which players are available, sooner rather than later, to try and lock in the right international players that's going to complement the existing domestic players.

''I just think this team has got a lot of talented individuals. Our depth has been tested this season, and we've probably seen that in the results when you lose a [Aaron] Finch or a [Tom] Cooper, but I still think this group only needs some minor tweaking and we can get back to where we were.''

Helmot said the Renegades would be eager to finish their season on a positive note away to Adelaide on Wednesday.

''We've had a setback this season after making such great inroads in our second year, so we've got to look at the squad and look at the best way moving forward. In essence that begins in our final game, against the Strikers, but we'll be putting out our very best team to ensure we get a victory, because winning's important whether you're going to be in the play-offs or not,'' he said.

''I'm just devastated … because of all the hard work that's gone into developing this team, not just on the field but off the field. We've got amazing supporters, amazing staff, incredible sponsors, so for us to be two and five I say is unacceptable. From the coach down we've got to look at how we can improve things so we can feature again because I think the squad's good enough to do so.''